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39 1 2 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to 3 appoint Mr. Joel Bulkley to a second term in Position #4- Chapel Hill Township, with a term 4 expiring of 03/31/2017. 5 6 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 7 8 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to 9 appoint Mr. Allan Green to a second term in Position # 9-Bingham Township with an ending 10 term of 03/31/2017. 11 12 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 13 14 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin to 15 appoint Rob English to Position #5- At Large. 16 17 VOTE: Ayes, 2 (Commissioner Price and Commissioner Dorosin); Nays, 5 (Chair 18 Jacobs, Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Rich, Commissioner McKee, and Commissioner 19 Pelissier) 20 21 There was discussion regarding the need to clarify past service for applicants in the 22 database. Donna Baker said this can be discussed with staff over the summer. 23 24 Commissioner Gordon noted that the reason for her vote on Rob English is that this was 25 brought up at the last minute. 26 Commissioner McKee said he does not question Rob English's qualifications, but he 27 questions making last minute appointments. 28 Commissioner Dorosin questioned what the alternative is to the last minute appointment 29 if any appointment not recommended by the advisory board is last minute unless a two stage 30 process is proposed. 31 Commissioner McKee said he would not mind nominating now and voting at the next 32 meeting. He said his other concern was the amount of time the applicant has already served. 33 He feels most comfortable having time to look at an applicant. 34 Commissioner Price said she does not understand why the Board members think this is 35 last minute since the packet has been available for days. 36 Chair Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Dorosin and Commissioner Price, but he 37 respects Commissioner McKee's comments. He suggested making nominations, and if 38 seconded these will be placed on the consent agenda for the next meeting. He said this will be 39 the policy moving forward, and it can be listed on the next consent agenda as an adaptation to 40 the Board's existing policies. 41 Commissioner Gordon said she would like to have the option to vote on these changes 42 after the Board has further discussed the process. 43 Chair Jacobs said the spirit of this is to broaden the pool of applicants, while not 44 delaying too long before making a decision. He said if it doesn't work, it can be re-visited. 45 46 12. Board Comments 47 Commissioner Pelissier said that two regional routes were approved at the last TTA 48 board meeting as part of the half cent sales tax. She said service will start soon, and these 49 routes are between Chapel Hill and Duke/downtown, and the other goes from Chapel Hill to 50 Southpoint. She said the Hillsborough/Mebane/Duke Route has not been approved yet. She